revel

revel
v
1.Usu. revel in
delight, rejoice, take great pleasure, like, love, Inf. adore; enjoy, appreciate, relish, savor, gloat over, feast on, Inf. smack the lips; glory, indulge, luxuriate, bask, wallow, swim, bathe; All Sl. groove on, get high on, get a kick or lift or charge or bang or boot out of.
2. carouse, roister, wassail, make merry, cut loose, let loose, Inf. step out, whoop it up, Sl. make whoopee; drink, tipple, bouse, Inf. booze, Sl. hit the bottle or booze or sauce, Sl. souse, Sl. scoop a few, Sl. knock a few back; go on a spree, make the rounds, Sl. tie one on, Sl. go on a drunk or binge or bender or- hellbender or toot or tear or bat or jag, Sl. paint the town red, Sl. barhop, Sl. bar-crawl, Brit. Sl. pub-crawl; debauch, dissipate, wanton, sow wild oats, have one's fling; overindulge, overdo, burn the candle at both ends.
n
3. revelry, spree, fling, romp, bout, wassail; drinking bout, brannigan, drunk, potation, bouse, guzzle, bacchanal, bacchanalia; All Sl. binge, bender, hellbender, toot, tear, bust, jag, bat, barhop, bar-crawl, Brit. pub-crawl. See revelry.
4. celebration, gala, gala affair, feast, Sl. hot time; festival, carnival, jamboree, fete, revels; holiday, red-letter day.

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  • Revel — steht für folgende französische Gebietskörperschaften: Revel (Haute Garonne), eine Stadt im Département Haute Garonne Kanton Revel, ein Kanton im Département Haute Garonne Revel (Isère), eine Gemeinde im Département Isère Revel Tourdan, eine… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • revel in — ˈrevel ˌin [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they revel in he/she/it revels in present participle revelling in past tense …   Useful english dictionary

  • Revel — Rev el, n. [OF. revel rebellion, disorder, feast, sport. See {Revel}, v. i.] A feast with loose and noisy jollity; riotous festivity or merrymaking; a carousal. [1913 Webster] This day in mirth and revel to dispend. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Some… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • revel — [rev′əl] vi. reveled or revelled, reveling or revelling [ME revelen < MFr reveler, to revel, lit., to rebel < L rebellare: see REBEL] 1. to make merry; be noisily festive 2. to take much pleasure; delight (in) [to revel in one s freedom] n …   English World dictionary

  • Revel — C est dans l Aveyron que le nom est le plus répandu, mais on le trouve dans d autres régions. Quelle que soit son origine géographique, il désigne presque toujours celui qui est originaire d une localité appelée Revel (Haute Garonne, Isère… …   Noms de famille

  • revel — (n.) c.1300, riotous merry making, from O.Fr. revel, from reveler be disorderly, make merry, from L. rebellare to rebel (see REBEL (Cf. rebel)). The verb meaning to feast in a noisy manner is first recorded early 14c. The meaning take great… …   Etymology dictionary

  • revel in — (something) to get great pleasure from a situation or an activity. She usually got the jobs she wanted, and she reveled in them. Etymology: based on the literal meaning of revel (= to dance, drink, sing, and enjoy yourself in a noisy way) …   New idioms dictionary

  • revel — [n] celebration, merrymaking bacchanal, carousal, carouse, debauch, festivity, frolic, gaiety, gala, high jinks*, jollification, jollity, merriment, party, reveling, revelment, saturnalia, skylarking*, spree, wassail, whoopee*; concepts 292,377… …   New thesaurus

  • revel — ► VERB (revelled, revelling; US reveled, reveling) 1) engage in lively and noisy festivities. 2) (revel in) gain great pleasure from. ► NOUN (revels) ▪ li …   English terms dictionary

  • Revel — Rev el, n. (Arch.) See {Reveal}. [R.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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